A woman sharing with humor her experience with dual disorders / dual diagnosis, or being a mentally ill chemical abuser. She compares taking medication to Step 3 of the 12 Steps because, just like in Step 3, we have no idea what surrender to a Higher Power is going to do to us. See the video at TheAddictionChannel.com

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Educational Video suitable for classroom and Professional training.

“Millions of American today receive health care for mental or substance-use problems and illnesses. These conditions are the leading cause of combined disability and death of women and the second highest of men

“Improving the Quality of Health Care for Mental and Substance-Use Conditions,” Institute of Medicine Report.

Studies are showing an alarming trend; that incidents of mental illness related to drug use are on the rise. It’s unclear which came first- did a predisposition to mental illness lead to drug use, or is it the other way around?

No matter, co-occurring disorders are a growing national problem.

During this hour-long broadcast, hear from treatment providers and experts as they discuss the delicate balance between treating a person’s addiction and his or her mental illness. Learn about the stigma attached to mental illness and how local and regional coalitions are trying to fight it.

Objectives: Define co-occurring disorders; Learn about the difficulty treating co-occurring disorders; Discover solutions to the problems both communities and patients face; See how community-based organizations can help improve the local climate to assist those in recovery from substance use disorders and mental health problems.

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Video highlights just a few of the “ugly” parts of addiction-needle infections, withdrawal, self-multilation, etc. Background songs bring up Lortabs, Percoset, Oxys, Cocaine and more.
Music: Urban, rap and country. Length: 5 minutes.
Review: Watch It!

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 In the “No Real Surprise” Category, the United States has the highest levels of cocaine and cannabis use. This news accoding to a survey of 17 countries.

My question is how do you survey a country?

“OK, next! Ireland-How much did you drink last week?” “Are you sure it was just a few beers?”

The results were based on the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) and was released on June 30, 2008 in the open access journal PLoS Medicine.

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  The latest from Google News using the search term, “addiction”.

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